BOOKSTHAT / LIST NO. 7501

Books that
Teach the Power of Transformation

Stories and ideas about change, becoming, rupture, renewal, and the strange mercy of not staying the same.

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01 / 10

Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)

Jesmyn Ward

02 / 10

The Comfort Crisis

Michael Easter

03 / 10

How to Be a Better Adult

Jacque Aye

04 / 10

Recitatif

Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith

05 / 10

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

“Undoubtedly one of the important American novels.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)Review excerpt

06 / 10

A Body Made Home

Kai Marshall Green

07 / 10

Contrapposto

Dave Eggers

“To call the book ‘moving’ would be a smelly cliché, so let’s say undulating, with both despair and hope.”
Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt

08 / 10

People Change

Vivek Shraya

Vivek Shraya reflects on changes in identity, relationships, ambitions, and creative work, drawing on her experiences across several artistic roles.

Synopsis

09 / 10

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E Butler

10 / 10

You've Changed

Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Books thatTeach the Power of Transformation

Books that
Teach the Power of Transformation